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Putin kicks OBYs ass in Ukrane

After giving a limp warning to Putin that was even pathetic by OBYs standards, Putin invades the Ukrane with his crack Storm Troopers causing complete kaos and alarm while OBY parties and declares happy hour-lol calling it an "uncontested arrival not an invasion."

Phone and internet services have been disrupted not to mention important thing like food, clothing and shelter.

Now Kerry comes out with a few more limp warnings about sanctions vs Russian and this and that and Putin laughs and says it will boomerang back to the U.S and puts his troops on the move again.

Condi Rice said Putin is playing chess and exploiting OBY.

Elsewhere, Palin got it right. She said Russia would invade Ukrane if OBY were elected.

There's a new fear of Putin trying to re-start the Cold War and make Russia a top super power again while he denies it. All this ass kicking after everything OBY did for him like slashing Pentagon budgets and reducing our military to his advantage.

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BTW, former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld was asked if Russia was re-starting the Cold War about a year ago and he said no way. They just don't have the resources and might that Stalin had and the Soviet Union went broke. Russia will too despite it's oil resources.

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OBY did warn them not to as limp as it was.

Those 6,000 are crack Russian storm troopers. See the link. Theyre not exactly reservists.

Treaty or not the world is pissed off not to mention the Ukranians. Simple services like
electricity has been cut off not to mention food. Russian troops and militias seize a hospital in Ukraine's Crimea.

Make no mistake about it, it's a power play by Putin.

Do sanctions really work which is what Kerry wants.

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But in terms of sanctions Berlin is believed to want more moderate action, highlighting differences inside the EU over how to tackle Moscow.
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Re: Putin kicks OBYs ass in Ukrane

Kerry told the Ukrane's PM that the U.S. is firmly behind them as their soverign rights are in question. That is the issue, soverign rights, but I'm sure he made the PM feel much better about kicking the Ruskies out.

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Does what is happening in the Ukraine pose any direct threat to the United States?

If the answer is "no", than other than making a statement about hoping for the day when issues like these can be solved without the use of force and violence*, that should be the extent of our involvement.

I am not a fan of "economic sanctions" because they really hurt the common citizen (which in turn sows hatred and resentment back at the US) and rarely causes those in power to alter their actions.

*Such statements would carry much more credibility if the US actually practiced what we preached.